Corrections in the United States

Paper Summary:

The paper offers a personal perspective on the future of corrections in the United States, overviews the major problems in the current system and presents a series of recommended specific actions to resolve these major problems. The paper assesses the future trends and innovations in privatization, parole and probation, community corrections, dealing with increasing numbers of juvenile and female offenders as well as coping with overcrowded jails and prisons. The paper also provides an analysis of innovations used in foreign countries and asserts that the United States should take such steps today before it dooms yet another generation of Americans to life behind bars.

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"On the one hand, the future of the corrections industry in the United States is very bright indeed and all signs indicate this will continue to be a growth industry well into the 21st century. On the other hand, the fact that the corrections industry is a growth industry is a very troubling sign that all is not well in America and there is no consensus on how best to reverse these ugly trends. After the prison population in the United States topped two million, Hunt (20070 observed, "Not only was this exponential increase in incarceration unusual, but research quickly revealed it to reflect the pernicious questions of race, class, and political disenfranchisement that have animated North American history" (p. 68)."

Sample of Sources Used:

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